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Note that the discussion about Easley has moved considerably in this thread. The OP started with "Pats not drafting Dominique Easley", which was modified to "Opinion: Pats not drafting Dominique Easley" based on statements he made about not liking to watch football recreationally and liking cartoons. Now it's turned into a question of how early the Pats should consider drafting Easley based on his ACL injury history and risk calculus.
Yeah, I changed the thread title because I thought it made it sound like there was news to report, when there clearly isn't. And discussion always has a tendency to drift around these parts.
I'm all for doing diligence. I'm all for factoring risk factors and other considerations into one's overall draft grade. What irks me is blanket statements like "the Pats won't take Easley because he watches cartoons and doesn't take football seriously" or "the Pats won't take Easley because he has had 2 ACL injuries". Those kind of blanket statements seem premature, and counter-productive.
We all have our own tea leaves to read and our own "3rd-rail" issues, which makes for a lot of interesting mocks! And I don't think you and I are terribly far apart on Easley. But fwiw I wasn't exaggerating too much with the 5x risk assessement for reinjury, given that he's already suffered TWO tears not one like the typical research subject, and that he has additional factors for elevated risk. Plus early arthritis is part of the risk, along with reinjury. But as I said, even that 5x would still be comfortably < 50% chance.